Tolmie Underwater Park

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Key Information

TYPE
MPA
DESIGNATION
Underwater Park
LOCATED IN
WA
USA
AREA
0.18 km2 MARINE AREA
0.63 km2 TOTAL AREA i
MANAGED BY
Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission
LEVEL OF FISHING PROTECTION (LFP)
At least one species- or gear-specific restriction applies (beyond permit requirements or generally applicable restrictions)
DATA SOURCE(S)

Boundary: NOAA MPA Center (Unmodified)

DATA VERSION

2.0

LAST REVIEWED

November 2023

OTHER DATABASES
World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) ID: 555655709

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Purpose

Tolmie Underwater Park was established to provide public use access and management of underwater resources in Tolmie State Park, a 105-acre marine day-use park with 1,800 feet of saltwater shoreline on Puget Sound. This underwater park features two decayed wooden barges full of crab, perch, rockfish, and the occasional lingcod, some tire reefs to a large and mostly intact wooden barge sitting in about 45ftsw, which full of fish, crab, and invertebrates.

Species of Concern: multiple

Regulations Summary

Restrictions

1. No person shall remove or cause to be removed any fish from any state park area except for food fish, shellfish, and game fish. The commission may close state park areas to the harvest of some or all species of fish. Such state park areas shall be conspicuously posted as closed to harvest. The director or designee may temporarily close any state park area to the harvest of some or all species of fish.
2. All state park areas are closed to the harvest of seaweed.

Allowed

Fishing for food fish, shellfish, and game fish is allowed in accordance with state law.